Seven Days Hide and seek with My sister at 9 and Touch me Not

Sister please do come, please it’s over please come

I will give you lollypop.

Come out of that Ghost Room.” - small unbroken words of a child spoke at age of 9

At the age of nine, I played Hide and seek game with my sister for seven days. Have you ever played such long hide and seek?

During these seven days my sister hid and me every morning, afternoon, and evening and till night I fall asleep unknowingly I seek her and ask her to come out of the room. On those days, I cried with my parents and brought lolly pop for my sister to make her happy to come out of the room every day. But, she didn’t till seven days.

I don’t know how she stayed in that room with closed windows and doors and even did not come outside for the toilet and even to drink water. You know, my sister and me used to say that room as Ghost Room because of its darkness even when the windows are open. Now, imagine how my sister remained there with her ghost feeling.

Sometimes, I used to hear her sound like “Mother, Please come I need you, It is paining.”

But at that time usually mother used to be out of the house and I wasn’t allowed to enter.

I don’t know why she was calling; it may be because of the ghost of that room she may feel afraid.

One day, again I heard sound like “Mother, Mother, Mother, Please come fast soon fast, it is paining” .Then I went to the room because my sister was giving sound to the mother but mother wasn’t at the house. I saw my sister with some red colored liquids at the leg.

I guess that liquid as Red colored edible packed liquid viscous of lemon.

I said “Sister, why are you eating this, Why you not giving to me, Are you hungry?, Eat this my lolly pop too.

Then Mother came and scolded sister and said many things.

I hardly remember what happened after this because after mother scolding sister I cried loud and loud so that I didn’t hear any sounds. This Hide and seek was not only mysterious for me because after this also my sister once in the month used to play ‘Touch me Not’ game. This game was also like similar where I wasn’t allowed to touch my sister for four days. However, these games were never of fun during of childhood.

Now, today I am 19, I knew this Why these mysterious Long Hide and Seek game and Monthly Touch Me Not game played with me by my sister, this is because of menstruation taboo existing in Nepalese Society where females are regarded as untouchable during menstruation .

Today, I don’t follow such taboos in my family because taboos are created by society but sister is mine so I want to take care of her. So, No more menstruation taboos in between our sister-brother bond.

Happy Menstruation Cycle, I wish my sister every month and celebrate it with nutritious food for her health care.

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